My little old hacked up mini does
everything I want fast as hell, for
the most part. I mean, the Pro
would look great and I would kiss
it every night before I tucked it into
bed.............but........well.......it'd
be like buying a Ferrari to pick up
the mail and get groceries. Do I
still want one? Sure........but......a
2010 mini would far exceed my
mini now and its fine. Of course
Lion isn't on it yet, but......well.

I use to be a professional photographer
and I haven't upgraded my 35mm
cameras because I HATE that full
frame Pro digital cameras are
waaaaaaay to expensive. Well, were
way to expensive. The Nikon D700
is around $2,700.00 (USA) for the
body and I have half a dozen good
lenses for it already.

I know how you feel. I'd love to get a Pro, but I don't need it for anything other than Handbrake.

Otherwise, I think it's tough to say right now. In theory the mini should be getting a refresh. If it is, then it should be an i3 or mobile version of the i5. Either way, they should be a big increase in computing power over the Core 2 Duo used in the current mini.

However, who knows when those will come out?

I would also imagine that they would be 10.7 only. Then you would have to wait for Adobe to have Photoshop out for 10.7. That might be on release day, or months later.

If you get the Pro now, then you don't have to worry about whether you can run Photoshop today, or when ever. Plus if you want to upgrade the CPU in the Pro, it will cost you almost as much as a mini!

Yah, I agree, a MAC Pro would fell good and cool and
all of my (two) friends would be envious (not really).

The thing is, at this point I do a little Gimp, a little
Elements but no Photo Shop. I'm for the most part
a photo hobbyist. My health is way to poor to even
begin to think of doing it professionally again. My
equipment is for the most part at the Pro or semi-pro
level. A pro level digital camera gives you a superior
sensor and firmware so you benefit from paying more
for a better camera. With the Mac Pro it won't give
me superior photos with Photo Shop in stead of a mini.
The mini will create the same quality photos as the
Pro, just slower. If I were a pro photographer then
the matter would be settled on what Mac. Faster
is better.

Getting a 2010 Referb. mini and waiting for LightPeak
to proliferate industry wide (or not) is probably a good
tact. I would also want an Apple 27' display that run's
from LightPeak as well. Getting a digital camera and
waiting for Apple to get its ducks in a row is looking
more attractive._________________2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook Pro 17" 2.5GHz
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc

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Yah, I've been reading Ken's site for a while now.
I tend not to agree with him that much but I value
his opinion. Many of my experiences have ben different
than his, hence the difference.

I also like Lloyd Chambers. I tend to agree with him more
often. BTW the D700 won't be my first Digital Camera
just the first compatible with my Nikon system. I was converting
to Digital in the 90's when Kodak would buy Nikon bodies
and put their CCD in the Nikon F3 body. I didn't have one
but I did (would) scan my slides into Photo Shop on my Mac
then manipulate them and output the altered image with
my Dye Sublimation Printer. I was waaaaaaay ahead of the
curve with Digital but behind the curve with Digital Cameras.